macondo 2011-04-27 2:30
Hi John.
I had a look at your earlier, very well proportioned shot, and can't say that I prefer one to the other. This one does have a more expansive and breathtaking view of the hills, and I like the way the narrow winding road with its rough and rocky edging snakes out of the lower left corner. Good interplay of very subtle light and shade as in many of your shots. I enjoyed playing with the yellow man, and was able to get almost the same view as you have here. We just don't get bare hills like those; anything not covered in eucalyptus forest has just been cleared for sheep or cattle.
Regards,
Andrew
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04-28-2011, 10:34 PM
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To macondo: Rough Pasture....
Thank you for your kind remarks about this one. Of course, before that despicable chap Homo sapiens came along, the whole of Brtain was covered in deciduous forest but the destroyer of the planet caused widespread deforestation over the centuries. This sort of landscape, I believe, would be called "rough pasture" and sheep abound here. Although I don't know much about farming, a farmer friend of mine told me many years ago that whereas an acre of good grassland at lower levels in Scotland might support up to three ewes and their lambs, "rough pasture" like this (at about 1,000ft above sea-level) might require three acres to support just one ewe and her lambs. Quite interesting. Kind Regards, John. 
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